Dallas VS Minnesota United

Dallas welcome Minnesota United for this MLS 1/8-finals clash at Toyota Stadium in Frisco Tuesday morning Beijing time. This is a league has improved a lot during the past approximately ten years and is of pretty good quality by global standards. A god number of promising younger players play in this league that includes team from USA and Canada. More and more famous players nearing the end of their career also play in MLS. Matches are often high scoring and entertaining to watch. Here the goal expectancy is not particularly high though as Dallas play more organized and defensive football than most teams. Indeed, they allowed just 37 goals during the regular season in the. This is the lowest number in Western Conference. I expected them to have a good defense when doing my in-depth preseason analysis, but they have been even better! Now that the play offs have started, and the stakes are higher I do believe they have potential to improve even further defensively. Their defenders are skilled but the main things behind their success has been having a very good defensive structure.

Dallas finished in the third place in the standings with 53 points to their account and scored 48 goals. However, in terms of expected goals(xG) they would have deserved four more goals. Moreover, they would have deserved 57 points in terms of (xPTS). The betting market should indeed respect them more. Dallas have a good home crowd and the atmosphere at Toyota Stadium is surely awesome today! Dallas have won four of their latest five home in front of their fans. They have on 57% chance of winning this battle. Minnesota are certainly not a bad team and finished in 6th place in the standings. They scored the same number of goals as Dallas but were a bit lucky in terms of xG. They also grabbed several points than they would have deserved in terms of xPTS. Defensively there is a big difference in the hosts’ favor. Minnesota allowed 51 goals during the regular season and would have to improve in this area of the game to have any hope of success in the play offs. They did beat Vancouver Whitecaps in their most recent match 2-0 at home but were not overly convincing. They were priced around 1.75 to win by the bookies but it was a pretty balanced game. They have not been in good form lately and have lost five of their latest seven games. In their most recent three games they have allowed six goals and Dallas, even though they do not have massive offensive power, should be able to break their defense here. Dallas were not quite at their best in their most recent match but still got the better of Sporting Kansas City at home 2-1 was the final score. Dallas are such a good team that they often win even when they do not perform at their best level. I trust their excellent Spanish manager Estevez a lot. The hosts will be without injured Kamungo. Minnesota will have to manage without Dibassy, Dotson, Hayes, Hlongwane and Weah.

北京时间周二上午，达拉斯欢迎明尼苏达联队参加在弗里斯科丰田体育场举行的 MLS 1/8 决赛。这是一个在过去大约十年中进步很大的联赛，按全球标准衡量，它的质量相当不错。包括来自美国和加拿大的球队在内的联盟中有大量有前途的年轻球员参加比赛。越来越多即将结束职业生涯的著名球员也加入了 MLS。比赛通常得分很高，观看起来很有趣。尽管达拉斯比大多数球队踢得更有组织和防守性的足球，但这里的进球预期并不是特别高。事实上，他们在常规赛中只丢了37个球。这是西部联盟中最低的数字。在进行深入的季前赛分析时，我希望他们有很好的防守，但他们做得更好！现在附加赛已经开始，而且赌注更高，我相信他们有潜力进一步提高防守。他们的后卫是技术娴熟，但他们成功背后的主要因素是拥有非常好的防守结构。

达拉斯以 53 分的成绩位列积分榜第三，打进 48 球。然而，就预期目标（xG）而言，他们本应获得另外四个目标。此外，就 (xPTS) 而言，他们应该得到 57 分。博彩市场确实应该更加尊重他们。达拉斯有很多主场观众，今天丰田体育场的气氛肯定很棒！达拉斯在他们的球迷面前赢得了他们最近五个主场中的四个。他们有 57% 的机会赢得这场战斗。明尼苏达当然不是一支糟糕的球队，在积分榜上排名第六。他们的进球数与达拉斯相同，但在 xG 方面有点幸运。在 xPTS 方面，他们还获得了一些他们应得的分数。在防守端，东道主的青睐有很大的不同。明尼苏达在常规赛中丢了 51 个球，而且必须提高在这方面的比赛中，季后赛有任何成功的希望。他们在最近的一场主场比赛中确实以 2-0 击败了温哥华白帽队，但并没有过于令人信服。博彩公司获胜的价格约为 1.75，但这是一场相当平衡的比赛。他们最近状态不佳，最近七场比赛输了五场。在他们最近的三场比赛中，他们丢了六个球，达拉斯虽然没有强大的进攻能力，但应该能够在这里打破他们的防守。达拉斯在最近的比赛中表现不佳，但在主场 2-1 战胜堪萨斯城竞技是最终比分。达拉斯是一支如此优秀的球队，即使他们没有发挥出最佳水平，他们也经常获胜。我非常信任他们出色的西班牙经理埃斯特维兹。东道主将没有受伤的卡蒙戈。明尼苏达将不得不在缺少迪巴西、多特森、海耶斯、赫隆瓦内和维阿的情况下进行比赛。